Why Villanize the French and the Germans?

Updated March 5, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

Regarding James Woolsey's Feb. 20 editorial-page essay "Not All Bad":

Maybe Mr. Woolsey is correct -- rather than choose a broad brush to "villainize" the French and Germans, perhaps our invective should be directed at Messrs. Chirac and Schroder. But did I miss something? It appears that a great many citizens of these two democracies have spoken out against confronting Saddam Hussein (witness the rallies throughout Europe this past weekend). Perhaps the history lessons of their past heroes do not need...